State shouldn't take away aid for disabled

How disgusting is this? I respond to the Monday Dispatch article "Schools reroute aid for disabled." What I really want to know is, how criminal is this?

How disgusting is this? I respond to the Monday Dispatch article "Schools reroute aid for disabled." What I really want to know is, how criminal is this?

What are these school districts doing in pillaging funds from those who need it most? The Ohio Department of Education should be chastised for changing the requirements school districts must follow to tap into stimulus money directed toward special-needs students.

The funds in question? $438 million. As the article indicated, last year only 8 percent of Ohio's school districts were qualified to have access to these funds. This year, the Ohio Department of Education made changes so that 99 percent of the school districts can get their part of the bounty.

How can these school-district officials look themselves in the mirror? This isn't a money free-for-all. In the years to come, these special-needs students will receive less funding from the federal government.

Will these school districts stand up at that time and do the right thing, or will they hide behind a tax levy and assistance cuts?

KEITH HATTON

Columbus

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